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5 November, 2008
Global Citizenship in Action? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance
The United Nations University organized a panel discussion on Global governance and the accountability factor of global institutions like the UN in it. The discussion focussed on the topic of global citizenship while discussing aspects of the Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance (CS-AGG) project of the University of Warwick, UK.
Six expert speakers from around the world made presentations on the topic.
WHEN: November 5, 2008; 10:30am to 12:30pm
WHERE: The Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium (DHLA), UN Headquarters, New York
Photographs and video of the event
Photos by Durlabh S. Maharishi
Download Programme and Speakers' Bios.pdf
PressRelease_GlobalCitizenship.pdf
The objective of the event was to address questions raised about the effectiveness of the global institutions like the UN in promoting global governance.The discussion examined the popular thought that civil society can fill accountability gaps at the UN and other global agencies. Several policy-makers and activists around the world believe that a lack of civil society engagement of Global institutions reduces their accountability towards the affected people. So, can global governance in form of active global citizenship prove more effective? This UNU event was an attempt to find answer(s) to such questions.
The event saw an open debate on the findings and recommendations of the Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance project (CS-AGG). The project had 15 researchers from 5 continents who examined whether, in what ways, and to what extents citizen groups have made 13 global regulatory agencies answer to their public constituents. A book reflecting these studies will be published by the Cambridge University Press in 2009.
Beginning with opening remarks from Jean-Marc Coicaud - Director, UNU New York office, six expert speakers made presentations related to the topic.
The speakers for the event were;
Professor Jan Aart Scholte -University of Warwick and the London School of Economics;
Professor Kerstin Martens - University of Bremen, Germany;
Professor Alnoor Ebrahim - Harvard Business School, USA;
Dr. Nata Duvvury & Dr. Carolyn Long - researchers, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW);
Dr. Salil Shetty - Director, UN Millennium Development Goals Campaign.
The event was co-sponsored by Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization (CSGR) - University of Warwick, the Ford foundation, SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the United Nations University.
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